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SPEA was well-represented on the doctoral thesis examination panel of Angel Saz-Carranza, ESADE Business School, Center for Public Management, Barcelona, Spain, January 22. Three of the five professors included Robert Agranoff (IUB Emeritus/Ortega y Gasset-Madrid), Xavier Ballart (SPEA MPA 1988/Visiting Professor, 2000) Professor at Autonoma-Barcelona, and Manuel Villoria (SPEA graduate student/1992-1993, Visiting Professor, 2005) Professor, Juan Carlos I University, Madrid. Saz-Carranza's study was of U.S. immigration networks.
IU Kokomo’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs and the City of Peru conducted a Public Service Ethics Workshop on Thursday, January 18, at the Peru City Hall. The workshop examined ethical standards of conduct for senior/middle managers in government, business, and nonprofit organizations. “Responsible administrators must be able to act in ways consistent with their role as guardians of the public good and trust,” said Professor of Public Affairs Robert Dibie, IUK., workshop coordinator and assistant dean of SPEA at Kokomo. Administrators serving at local, state, and federal levels—as well as senior police officers, sheriffs, and their deputies—found the workshop lessons relevant to their duties according to their evaluation of the event. The ethics workshop examined legal, moral, and public safety aspects of unethical work behaviors, ranging from distrust and favoritism to theft and falsifying information. It also explored how a leader’s personal values can influence his or her staff, Dibie said. “A leader’s personal integrity, fairness, and honesty can dynamically transform the level of public service provided by entire departments and organizations.” Peru Mayor James Walker, an IU Kokomo SPEA Advisory Board member, arranged the workshop location. Having faculty from IU Kokomo SPEA present the workshop “adds substantial credibility,” to the training, Walker said. “SPEA faculty are educators who conduct a lot of research in public affairs and management. “It’s always good to improve and re-educate yourself, to see if you’re continuing to do things right and make sure that your decisions are sound,” the mayor said.
Pinkie Evans, IUPUI, was newly appointed as Chief Administrative Officer at the Center for Urban Policy and the Environment.
Beth Gazley, IUB and Laura Littlepage, IUPUI were recently awarded a $25,000 research grant from the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy to study Volunteer Management Capacity and the Organizational Impacts of Service Learning.
The Institute for Family and Social Responsibility has received $10,000 in funding from the South Korean Civil Service Commission. Dr. Aelee Shon is a visiting scholar at SPEA from South Korea's Ministry of Gender Equality and Family. She will work with Maureen Pirog, IUB, conducting research on child support enforcement and family policy until August 2007.
Orville Power, IUB, has been appointed the First Executive Director of the Indiana Municipal Managers Association (IMMA).
Please send news items to Kathy Haney, SPEA 312, e-mail kehaney@indiana.edu.
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